Keen Market At Cambridge Stock Sale

Waikato Independent, Volume XLV, Issue 6234, 4 May 1949, Page 5

Keen Market At Cambridge Stock Sale

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at then Cambridge sale on Monday a large yarding of fat- and boner cattle came to hand and sold keenly. Pigs of both classes were yarded in quantity; fats making late rates, while stores were in demand also. Prime fat cows, £l2/5/- to £l3; fat cows, £8 to £10; heavy boners, £7 to £7/15/-; medium boners, £5/10/- to £6 15s; light boners, £4/5/- to £5/5/-; other's to £3/17/6. Pigs: Best choppers, £6/10/- to £8 12/-; others, £5 to £6/5/-; heavy baconers to £6/15/-; medium baconers, £5/18/- to £6/6/-; light baconers, £5/5/- to £5/12/-; best porkers to £4 18/-; medium porkers, £3/12/- to £4 5/-; light porkers, £3 to £3/6/-; unfinished £2/8/- to £2/12/-; large stores £l/18/- to £2/4/-; medium stores, £l/10/- to £l/15/-; slips, £1 '4/- to £l/10/-; weaners, 17-- to £1 2/-.